Example sentences of "[to-vb] we [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We always want someone to help us exercise the horses . |
| 2 | ‘ Later in the spring there will be outdoor meetings at local places such as Rockwell Passages an area in North Darlington with ponds , ideal for a lot of wildlife we need people to help us record the plants and animals there , ’ said Mrs Horsley . |
| 3 | Now is the time for tonics to help us forget the pain and step out on the road to recovery . |
| 4 | At the library we rely heavily on volunteers to help us meet the demands of the public and members alike . |
| 5 | ‘ We need air cover both to help us locate the whales and to watch for changes in their behaviour , ’ said Mr Goold . |
| 6 | They have been campaigning hard in their Sigma 38 Red Arrow and in their chartered Castro two tonner Oracle Arrow , but John Best has wisely imported professional sailors , as he puts it : ‘ to help us make the jump from weekend sailing to the big league ’ . |
| 7 | Friends come in to help us gather the crop and press the grapes . |
| 8 | There are several newcomers to help us celebrate the mingling of what is creative and what is spiritual . |
| 9 | Credit scoring involves the analysis of information provided by you ( e.g. about your employment and residential status ) to help us assess the risk in lending to you . |
| 10 | One was a search for proof of the existence of antimatter , the other an attempt to identify different kinds of high energy particles ‘ to help us understand the changes in our own Galaxy ’ . |
| 11 | The sacrifices themselves have disappeared , but they go far to help us understand the meaning of the cross , the sacrifice of Jesus Christ . |
| 12 | My position will be not only that the model of perfect competition fails to help us understand the market process , but that the models of imperfect competition developed to replace it are little more helpful . |
| 13 | Having a film to show is vital to help us get the message across , ’ said Mrs Woolley . |
| 14 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 15 | Some const constructive criticisms to help us rationalize the college visits . |
| 16 | Any attempt to help us overcome the weakness we may feel when encountering conflict must allow for this fundamental element in conflict management . |
| 17 | John Smith , the shadow Chancellor , said last night : ‘ What he does n't seem to realise is that interest rates mean that it will be much harder for industry to get on its feet to help us overcome the balance of payments deficit . |
| 18 | My question is to , that er , police officer or to the Chief Constable , or to anybody who can answer , how much is it gon na cost that , for that paper to be produced , and would it not be better spent in putting a police officer in Stratton St Margaret , where there has n't been one on the beat for the last six months , to help us reduce the number of er , of crimes committed in Stratton . |
| 19 | We are now buying ourselves white sticks that we do n't really need to help us cross the road . |
| 20 | You 've got to help us keep the garden a secret . ’ |
| 21 | So in an effort to find out whether are blind , or they 're just weird , we asked a member of a party of visitors from Tokyo , Miss Takishima , to be kind enough to let us process the film in her camera . |
| 22 | It took six months for us to talk the owner into agreeing to let us rent the place . |
| 23 | US fast food outlets like Wendy 's ( a burger chain ) and Denny 's ( a regular ‘ diner ’ in the true sense of the word ) , were quite happy to let us charge the GRiD as we ate out food ! |
| 24 | The Department refused to let us see the representations . |
| 25 | To find out four people all well known in their fields agreed to let us find the details of their financial , health , police , and other records . |
| 26 | And when we prevailed on the prior to let us raise the stone , this is what we found . ’ |
| 27 | When I raised it as Chairman at the General Management Committee , I was disgusted to find that people laughed at the very subject that was so important to women who 've come up here today to let us know the consequences of what was happening . |
| 28 | Simon Murison-Bowie wrote to you on 22 December last year asking you to let us know the operating system and machine you would run the tape on , and the tape density you would need , so that we could arrange for a copy to be prepared for you . |
| 29 | I persuaded my father to let us lodge the papers in the Archive when I came here . |
| 30 | I felt there was public benefit from offering this type of information by radio and I have asked Media Action to let us have the enquirers ' addresses so that we can get a geographical appreciation of where the calls came from ( one or two came from Fife ) |